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Kids Eat Right Member Crew

Kids Eat Right Crew Update

With a total of 28 Kids Eat Right Crew members spreading the message about Kids Eat Right to affiliate and dietetic practice group (DPG) members, Kids Eat Right membership numbers are beginning to increase! Kids Eat Right Crew members have contributed to a more than 20% increase in membership! KER Crew members promoted two rounds of mini-grants exclusive for members of their affiliates/DPGs, awarding 100 mini-grants for members to utilize the KER toolkits in their communities.

KER Crew Mini-Grants

February Awardees

Congratulations to the 57 Kids Eat Right Campaign Members selected to receive a Kids Eat Right Crew mini-grant! Each mini-grantee will receive $200 to lead two presentations from any of the Kids Eat Right toolkits in their communities through April 30, 2013.

Altman-Traub, Melissa MS, RD, CSR, LDN	Lightsey, Brittany RD, LD
Amundsen, Bridget RD, LD	MacDonald, Mary Carol MPH, RD, LD
Bark, Katie RD, LD	Marlay, Anita RD,LD
Black, Michelle RD, CLC	Martin, Sarah RD
Blake, Tracy RD, LDN, CDE	Maver, Sarah RD
Burke March, Susan MS, RD, LD/N, CDE	Minski, Katryna MS, RD, CD-N, CHES
Carrion, Josephine MS, RD, LD	Mozian, Laurie MS, RD
Cassell, Cindy PhD, RD, LD	Romano, Melissa MS, RD, LDN, CDE
Colgrove, Kayla MS, RD, CPT	Scott, Janice MS,RD,CSP,LD
Dees, Laura (Dietetic Student)	Seher, Christin MS, RD, LD
Devine Rickert, Kelly MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, CPT	Sehi, Natalie MS, RD
Díaz Boulon, Alicia MHScN, RD, LND, CDE	Shepek, Lana RD, LD
Dorazio, Cathy MS, RD, CSSD, LDN	Shkoda, Ielyzaveta (Lisa), (Dietetic Student)
Dowell, Janice MS, MHS, RD, CSSD	Slaboski, Kathryn RD, LDN
Dungan, Molly (Dietetic Intern)	Sommerfeld, Elizabeth
Faust, Kristin MS, RD, LDN	Spada-Dixon, Tonya RD, LDN
Friswold, Jan RD, LD, CDE	Stegeman, Cynthia EdD, RDH, RD, CDE
Gil, Heidi PhD, RD	Sterne, Shannon MS, MA, RD
Glace, Christine RD, BS	Sutphen, Shelby RD, LD
Green, Kimberly RD, LD, CDM	Tampe, Carolyn MS, RD, LDN, CDE
Hehn, Amy RD, LDN	Tan, Charmain RD, AD
Heussner, Kristy MS, RD, LD	Tijerina Walls, Maria LN, MS, NC
Hey, Courtney BS, DTR	Triner, Emily (Dietetic Intern)
Hull, Nicole (Dietetic Student)	Troha, Sarah (WIC Mutritionist, Dietitic Intern)
Kharod, Parul MS, RD, LD	Vogliano, Chris MS, RD
Kotler, Belinda MS, RD	Walsh, Carol MS, RD, LD, CDE
Kramer, Kimberly RD, LDN	Weir, Paulette RD
Lach, Kristin (Dietetic Intern)	Wise, Jamie RD, LDN
Leatherman, Lauren (Dietetic Intern)

January Awardees

Congratulations to the 45 Kids Eat Right campaign members selected to receive a Kids Eat Right Crew mini-grant! Each mini-grantee will receive $200 to lead two presentations from the Kids Eat Right toolkits in their communities. There are five Kids Eat Right toolkits: Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Snacking, Family Champions, Family Meals, and Myth Busters. All Kids Eat Right campaign members can access, download, and use the toolkits. The toolkits can be downloaded at www.kidseatright.org/volunteer.

Altman-Traub, Milessa MS, RD, CSR, LDN	George, Kaiti RD, LMNT	Nikolai, Andrea MPH, RD, LDN
Amundsen, Bridget RD, LD	Graham, Erica (Dietetic Intern)	Novy, Amanda MS, RD, LDN
Anderson, Kirsten MS-MPH, RD	Graham, Shanice BS	Partain , Patricia MS, RD, LDN
Black, Michelle RD, CLC	Harper, Patricia MS, RD, LDN	Potashnick, Andrea MS, RD, LDN
Bradford, Tavea (Dietetic Student)	Johnson, Natalie (Dietetic Intern)	Prager, Judy RD, CD-N
Burke March, Susan MS, RD, LD/N, CDE	Kabourek, Jamie MS, RD	Schmitz, Lindsay MS, RD, LDN
Carrion, Josephine MS, RD, LD	Killebrew, Dianne Med, RD, LDN	Scott, Janice MS,RD,CSP,LD
Ceas, Whitney RD, LMNT	King, Julian MS, RD, LD	Stegeman, Cyndee EdD, RDH, RD, CDE
Coffey, Jessie RD, LMNT	Kramer, Kim RD, LDN	Stephens, Natalie RD, LD
Cusick, Amanda RD, LDN	Leatherman, Shannon RD, LDN	Tan, Charmain RD, AD
Devine Rickert, Kelly MS, RD, CSSD, LDN	Little, Jennifer RD, LD	Waldschmidt, Aileen MS, RD, LDN
Disterdick, Hannah RD, CI-CPT	Longley, Carol PhD, RD	Wan, Ning MS, RD
Dowell, Jan MS, MHS, RD, CSSD	Marlay, Anita RD, LD	Whiteside, Mary Lauren D, CSP, LD
Elkhechen, Nailam (Dietetic Student)	Masters, Chelsea RD	Williams, Beth RD, LD
Feller, Maya MS, RD, CDN	Muchnik, Jason RD	Zachrich, Christine MS, RD, LD, CDE

Introducing the Kids Eat Right Crew!

In celebrating the third year of Kids Eat Right (KER), our goal is to double the KER national membership! The first ever Kids Eat Right Crew will help with that goal!

Alabama	Cindy Huggins
Arkansas	Nina Roofe
Connecticut	Judy Prager
Georgia	Lauren Whiteside, RD, CSP, LD
Idaho	RoseAnna Holliday
Illinois	Kim Kramer
Kansas	Mary Wolarik
Maine	Bridget Amundsen, RD, LD
Minnesota	Carolyn Hudson
Montana	Katie Borgen
Nebraska	Amanda Jochum & Jessie Coffey
New Hampshire	Alicia Rossman, Dietetic Intern
New York	Karen Roberts Mort
Ohio	Karen Bakies
Pennsylvania	Melissa Altman-Traub, MS, RD, CSR, LDN
Puerto Rico	Alicia Diaz, RD
South Carolina	Catherine Grych
Tennessee	Dianne Killebrew
Utah	Gina Petersen Young, MBA, RD
American Overseas Dietetic Association	Jamie Wise
Diabetes Care and Education DPG	Janice Friswold, RD, LD, CDE
Muslims in Dietetics and Nutrition MIG	Nour Zibdeh, RD
Pediatric Nutrition DPG	Beth Leonberg, MS, RD, CSP, FADA, LDN
Weight Management DPG	Samantha Weiss
Dietitians in Health Care Communities DPG	Marlene Tutt
School Nutrition Services DPG	Carol Longley
Dietitians in Business and Communications DPG	Stephanie Quirantes

Benefits for State Affiliates, DPGs, and MIGs:

Lead efforts in your affiliate/DPG/MIG to increase KER visibility, membership, and participation
Receive exclusive funding (up to $20,000) for KER RD mini-grants for your members
Participate in quarterly KER Crew conference calls with Foundation staff and other Crew members
The first affiliates/DPGs to join are eligible to receive an Academy Foundation-sponsored Kids Eat Right presentation at your affiliate/DPG annual meeting
Receive ready-made KER messaging for your website and member communications
Exclusive opportunity to participate in developing new KER educational materials
Receive a KER promotional kit for use at your annual meeting
Recognition of your KER Crew participation at the FNCE Leadership breakfast, on the KER Foundation website and in KER presentations
Join the Kick-Off Celebration at FNCE leadership breakfast and receive your KER Crew member t-shirt!

The Kids Eat Right Crew was made possible through an educational grant from Coca Cola. The Kids Eat Right Crew mini-grants were made possible through an educational grant from The Coca Cola Company Foundation.